On Oct 3, 3:36 pm, Prometheus wrote:
.... So I stuck it in the collet, and mounted a
left-hand lathe cutter sideways in the milling vise ...

I had to do that a few times when I ran a model shop that didn't had
room for a lathe (They surplused the 13" South Bend just before I took
over). Once a long stringy whirling chip chased me too far back to
reach the switch but otherwise it worked OK.

Jim Wilkins